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From: (John Brandon)
Subject: Re: Robert Holand was Re: Review of Plantagenet Ancestry: Mayflower Descendant
Date: 29 Nov 2004 09:11:56 -0800
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> My basic premise stands: The jealous dog-in-the-manger hoarding by
> academics of their little secrets is pitiable.

One wouldn't mind if the "secret" truly remained a secret, but hinting
and teasing about something for years without delivering is an
unfortunate (and rather sadistic) technique of some genealogists.


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